Telecom Ramblings

Sanjay Bhatia, Vice President of Strategy and Solutions Marketing, Ribbon

At its inception, 5G was hyped as the new service enabler, promising to revolutionize society and enable everything from IoT and Industry 4.0 to smart cities and beyond. However, up until now, most 5G launches are primarily enhanced mobile broadband in nature. And while more and more carriers are [Read more →]

A few news items to catch up on from midweek: [Read more →]

A whole bunch of interesting partnerships were announced in international markets this week: [Read more →]

The Belgian-based international network operator BICS and its subsidiary now have two fewer owners. Proximus Group has announced a deal under which it has purchased the stakes of MTN and Swisscom, taking full control of the company. [Read more →]

Ciena revealed yesterday that two key subsea cable systems on opposite sides of the globe are leveraging the vendor’s optical gear and supporting systems.  Both deployments will aim to support the world’s ever growing demand for international bandwidth. [Read more →]

Three interesting internet infrastructure investments on three continents worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio and Engineering, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena

There’s been a lot of buzz and excitement about 5G – and for good reason. 5G networks offer significantly lower latency and higher throughput than existing mobile connectivity options. It’s more reliable. In fact, the [Read more →]

Four bits of news from Europe: two M&As, one agency contract, and that new submarine cable: [Read more →]

A new PoP, a service expansion, a certification, and some subsea work: [Read more →]

Some metro fiber, some rural fiber, a vendor win, and a bit of global colo and interconnection: [Read more →]

QTS has been busy adding to its connectivity ecosystem. The data center operator has this week added new fiber options in facilities on two continents, one from MBC and the other from Tampnet. [Read more →]

A few items of interest from late last week or this past weekend to catch up on while I get buried in ice and snow here in the Northeast: [Read more →]

Five regional and metro deployments from this week’s news worth catching up on before heading out (or inside these days) for the weekend. [Read more →]

A new PoP, two vendor deployments, and an M&A: [Read more →]

We got a bit more detail on Verizon’s 5G deployment plans yesterday. Crown Castle has announced an expanded long term relationship with the telecommunications giant to supply small cells in support of Verizon’s next generation network. [Read more →]

Wave Broadband has made a deal out on the coast.  The northwestern network operator is acquiring Digital West in a deal that adds some new territory along the southern edge of its footprint in northern California. [Read more →]

Here’s a set of quick takes from around the industry and the world worth catching up on: [Read more →]

The interconnection space continues to evolve rapidly as SDN-based technologies make it easier to automate and integrate once laborious network provisioning tasks.  Epsilon has long been a global player in this space, and with its Infiny platform the company has been growing its reach across multiple fronts.  With us today to talk about the opportunities ahead is CEO Michel Robert, who took over the CEO role in February 2020 after a 12-year stint at Claranet. [Read more →]

A couple of contracts and a couple of service expansions worth noting to end the week: [Read more →]

An IX expansion, some UC regulatory support, a vendor M&A, a 5G testing partnership, and some cloud-based routing: [Read more →]

Two from South America, one from Asia, and one from North America: [Read more →]

Fusion Connect announced this morning the divestment of its Canadian subsidiary. The Canadian service provider Distributel has acquired Primus from Fusion Connect in an all cash deal. [Read more →]

One M&A, one new data center partnership, and two bits of subsea cable news to catch up on: [Read more →]